3-D printing

[Tookie]

What can I 3D print for my chickens?

This isn’t much but I found a small wall mounted feeder that I got my dad to print. I’m using it for bantams and it’s working well.

 

[Finchbreeder]

I did wonder about one of those feeders that have a food reservoir to allow for several days feeding as a time.
Great for when the rain is heavy and you really don;t want to go out and fill the container.

 

[jnicholes]

Alright, I am all better now. I won’t say what happened. it’s medically complicated.

Anyway, the new extruder came. I tested it by printing some stuff for martial arts practice as well as my Halloween costume this year.

Yes, I still dress up for Halloween. Halloween is very big in my city. Even the grown-ups dress up.

Here’s some pictures. Obviously the jo and the bokken are wood. Everything else is 3-D printed.

Practice Tanto.

Practice Wakizashi.

I actually found a way to print these so that they are VERY durable and able to withstand hard blows, even though one is made out of PLA and the other is made out of PETG.

Originally I printed them vertically, but it broke too easily because it split where the layers joined. I had an idea inspired by woodgrain to print them horizontally, thinking it would be sturdier and be able to withstand hard blows. As insurance, I made them at 100% infill.

To my surprise, I can’t break these no matter how hard I hit them against the real wooden practice bokken and jo.

Well, that’s what I have been printing lately.

 

[jnicholes]

Practice Nagamaki. Printed in 2 parts, with an oak dowel going through the center, and a hilt made of the handyman’s secret weapon, duct tape.

It won’t break so far.

 

[jnicholes]

Well, it may have broke, but where it broke is actually a good sign. In the past, when I tried to connect two or more pieces together for a practice weapon, it would always break at the joint where I connected them. This time, it broke up on the blade, nowhere near the joint that I reinforced with wood. That means I can make multiple piece practice weapons as long as I reinforce them with a wood dowel.

Now I just need to get enough filament then print it at 100% infill. It’ll take about 12 hours per part to print.

I need to redesign the blade anyway.

 

[azurbanclucker]

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Well, it may have broke, but where it broke is actually a good sign. In the past, when I tried to connect two or more pieces together for a practice weapon, it would always break at the joint where I connected them. This time, it broke up on the blade, nowhere near the joint that I reinforced with wood. That means I can make multiple piece practice weapons as long as I reinforce them with a wood dowel.

Now I just need to get enough filament then print it at 100% infill. It’ll take about 12 hours per part to print.

I need to redesign the blade anyway.

what filament are you printing with?

 

[jnicholes]

what filament are you printing with?

This particular one was printed with PETG. Even then, it needs to have a pretty high infill to withstand blows. I’m gonna try 100%.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

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Practice Nagamaki. Printed in 2 parts, with an oak dowel going through the center, and a hilt made of the handyman’s secret weapon, duct tape.

It won’t break so far.

Just posting to say I thought that was a pic I took 10 years ago when I had those same fleece pants, exact same shoes, and the exact same carpet! LOL!

 

[jnicholes]

Just posting to say I thought that was a pic I took 10 years ago when I had those same fleece pants, exact same shoes, and the exact same carpet! LOL!

Oh, that’s funny!